The
Future
is
N.E.A.R.
Program
Wins
Grant
NPSD
Educational
Foundation
Lansdale, Pennsylvania—December 5, 2007—The
Future is N.E.A.R. (Nanotechnology
Education And Research)
program was awarded a $596.00 grant by the
North Penn School District Educational
Foundation. The proposal: Utilizing
Viscometry to Identify Properties of
Electrospun Polymeric Solutions will
offer another variable to the students to
aid in their nanotechnology research.
The students are currently preparing polymer solutions which
are necessary for the creation of ultrafine
nanofibers. [< 250 nanometers in diameter]
The students are responsible for designing
and performing their own research
experiments to identify how their
established design variables affect the
diameter, surface topography and uniformity
of their electrospun polymer nanofibers. One
important factor that the students will now
be able to study is the ability to research
the affect that the viscosity of the polymer
solution has upon the resulting nanofibers
they create. From the funding of this
grant, the students will gain valuable data
to help them create a mathematical model for
predicting fiber characteristics from the
electrospinning process.
This is the sixth grant that the
N.E.A.R. program has been awarded since
2005.
Grant /
Funding Awards:
December 2007
North Penn Education Foundation
$596.00
March 2006
Toyota
$10,000.00
March 2006
North Penn Education Foundation
$650.00
September 2005
ING Financial
$2,000.00
July 2005
Dominion
$4,500.00
June 2005
Toshiba
$4,900.00
About The Future is N.E.A.R.
The Future is N.E.A.R. program
(Nanotechnology Education And Research) is
the only high school program of its kind in
the world to teach engineering and
nanotechnology research through a polymer
nanofiber production process known as
electrospinning to high school students.
The program offers the students
of North
Penn High School’s
Engineering Academy an opportunity to gain
21st century skills that will help prepare
them to become successful and highly
marketable leaders in the new, technological
global society. The program introduces the
fundamentals of nanotechnology, engineering
research, and higher level thinking and
application of knowledge to high school
students while cultivating their interest in
engineering, problem solving and life-long
learning.
To read more about
nanotechnology, the research the students
are performing or if you have any questions,
please visit the website at:
http://www.thefutureisnear.org
